Show us your Leatherman...

[Yachtworker]

jhfozzy said:

So, browsing through Amazon for a new Skeletool CX (curse you all) I came acrosss this little gem.

£543 for a swiss army knife! Not exactly pocket sized is it?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Wenger-Swiss-Army-Giant-Kn...

Surely a total oxymoron, what is the point, sit on a coffee table / desk or something???

[jhfozzy]

Yachtworker said:

Surely a total oxymoron, what is the point, sit on a coffee table / desk or something???

I think it's an area defence system, open all the tools and throw it at advancing troops. You're guaranteed at least twenty hits.

[Disastrous]

oddman said:

Corkscrew a must

Have you learned the trick of opening a cork with the knife blade? Haven't used a corkscrew since, I must confess...

[Watchman]

Disastrous said:

Have you learned the trick of opening a cork with the knife blade? Haven't used a corkscrew since, I must confess...

Do tell, please.

[Disastrous]

TinyCappo said:

cyborg said:

How do you go about having one of these in your car incase you get pulled over ?

It is simply a case of justifying it to the copper why you have it ie " i had to refit my number plate as it come off using the screw adapaer" kinda thing ?

Depends on how rural you are. I have a small leatherman in the car for attaching hoses and tweaking screws as they come undone. However if i clip or just down right punt an animal down the road with my bumper its quite useful for humanely dispatching them.

Reminds me; we once came across an adult deer that had had it's back broken by another driver and been left, flapping about at the side of the road. Leatherman took care of business but wasn't much fun.

[Yachtworker]

jhfozzy said:

Yachtworker said:

Surely a total oxymoron, what is the point, sit on a coffee table / desk or something???

I think it's an area defence system, open all the tools and throw it at advancing troops. You're guaranteed at least twenty hits.

Christ, that takes me back....just remembered the Swiss Army throwing star that we used to invent as kids, what was the best combo of open blades / tools to stick in the door, I used to think the guys who had scissors were cheating until I saw them break.

[Chocolate Teapot]

Leatherman Charge TTI, excellent bit of kit.

I have the leather sheaf and i'm probably going to get the bit extender also.

http://www.leatherman.com/product/Charge_TTi

[onesickpuppy]

Watchman said:

Disastrous said:

Have you learned the trick of opening a cork with the knife blade? Haven't used a corkscrew since, I must confess...

Do tell, please.

[The Nur]

Agrispeed said:

also anther manstuff thread needs to be active

http://pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&f...

More manstuff than your wallet can handle.

[Disastrous]

onesickpuppy said:

Watchman said:

Disastrous said:

Have you learned the trick of opening a cork with the knife blade? Haven't used a corkscrew since, I must confess...

Do tell, please.

It's hard to describe but there's YouTube video I'm sure.

You can do it with pretty much any blade that's sharp (I use a Squirt sometimes and it works) and all you have to do is wiggle the blade of the knife into the cork, and bury it as far up tot he hilt as you can, just by rocking it in and out.

Then grab the handle and twist and pull. The twist locks the knife in the cork and stops it sliding and it works a teat. I'll see if I can find a link to a YouTube guide...

Eta- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYMd52D4QzY&fea...

Edited by Disastrous on Tuesday 31st July 11:14

[Watchman]

Disastrous said:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYMd52D4QzY&fea...

Wow, that's neat. Thanks. Never thought of that.

[Disastrous]

Watchman said:

Disastrous said:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYMd52D4QzY&fea...

Wow, that's neat. Thanks. Never thought of that.

No bother. You've made me feel like a drunken Bear Grylls so thank you!

[Odie]

Isnt most wine screw top top these days... or is that just me drinking cheap plonk.

[gog440]

whipmawhopma said:

Yup that is exactly like mine which my dad bought me for christmas the year after I bought him one. I think it was about 1995/6 and is is still going strong apart from the spring on the scissors is a bit crap and the scissor blades arent that sharp anymore after being used to strip wire and being used to cut Lead/rubber (think xray lead apron)

[ribenavrs]

Don't use the leather case, nylon one contains Led Lenser, pencil and bit set for use on a job

Usually just have it in my pocket on the belt clip

Awesome piece of kit

[abbotsmike]

Another Skeletool owner here, shown alongside my Jetbeam BA-20. Sometimes swap that for a AAA maglite with an LED in, truly pocket sized!!
Got it from my grandad for my 18th birthday, and there hasn't been a week since (2.5 years) where it hasn't come in useful. Planning to get the bit kit for it at some point too, just to make the screwdriver a bit more useful.



Re the corkscrew trick, I discovered that one at my parent's anniversary party, when we realised that nobody had bought a corkscrew! Closest thing I had was a leatherman blade, and it worked rather nicely actually!

[Disastrous]

I'm not sure whether it's a reflection of my pie-keyness or something else, but I've taken to using it in favour of the corkscrew about the house. It's always in my pocket so just easier and quicker!

[ChrisRS]

Thanks to this thread I've just ordered myself a leatherman skelatool

[ChrisRS]

It's here, if I've still got all fingers and thumbs by the morning it's only because the wife has threatened to confiscate it'

[nigelpugh7]

KB_S1 said:

My Charge ti. In daily use for about 6 years now.
Goes everywhere with me. Responsible for several cuts.

Mine is exactly the same both age and style.

Had a panic recently and thought I had a lost it, but It was in the box of the foot pump, in the boot of my Caterham from my last Caterham track day.

It's been to the us 10 times,and the Wrc rally in Sweden for the last 5 years too, when it has cut down trees and been used for BBQ duities in -25 degrees Swedish and Norwegian forests too!

Would be lost without it!